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Could you forgive the person who killed your child or who raped or tortured you? Some crimes, some events are so awful, so cruel, it\\u2019s impossible to imagine ever being able to say to the wrongdoer, \\u2018I forgive you\\u2019.

Mike Williams hears the stories of those who have experienced unimaginable pain and suffering at the hands of others. And discovers what it feels like to turn anger and desire for revenge against the perpetrators into compassion and understanding for them. What does the act of forgiveness mean to the offender? \\n \\nThe programme explores how learning to forgive can make us happier and healthier. But how in some cases, the atrocity is so enormous that forgiveness is a step too far.

Contributors: \\nMadeleine Black, Counsellor based in Glasgow, Scotland\\nRobert Enright, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, USA\\nMartin Palmer, Theologian and Historian of religion\\nSarah Heatley, mother of Nina and Jack\\nKemal Pervanic, survivor, Omarska concentration camp during the Bosnian war

Presenter: Mike Williams\\nProducer: Sally Abrahams

(Photo: Family standing on cliff edge with hills in background. Credit: BBC Copyright (with permission from contributor)